This means the Trudeau government would not force its own tax on heavy emitters in the province against Alberta’s wishes. However, the Trudeau government is still set to force its federal carbon tax for consumers on Albertans in January, which the Kenney government is challenging before the courts. One of the Kenney government’s first moves after being elected earlier this year was to cancel the provincial carbon tax imposed by the province’s former NDP government. Among the most prominent changes in the Alberta TIER proposal was a promise to keep the carbon tax on some heavy emitters at $30 per tonne, the same level as that set by the former NDP government. Alberta has had a carbon tax on heavy emitters since 2007.

Source: National Post December 05, 2019 21:39 UTC